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Technology • April 20, 2012

The Missing App: What’s Next?

By David Gulbransen

In the 1980s, most of us didn’t know e-mail was missing from our lives. In the 1990s, we had no idea what the web would hold. But what about the next app?

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Accounting • March 09, 2012

My Tax Advice? Hire a CPA.

By David Gulbransen

How often do we as lawyers say, “You should consult with a lawyer…” regarding even a ‘simple’ legal matter like a basic will? we should follow our own advice and seek out a learned, licensed, professional: a CPA.

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Technology • February 13, 2012

What’s After Google Voice?

By David Gulbransen

Smaller firms with a few people can take advantage of the wonders of IP telephony and the cloud by graduating to a business class service and paying a small amount for amazing features that are geared towards a business user.

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Accounting • December 23, 2011

Cash (Flow) is King

By David Gulbransen

When your costs are stable, predictable, and low, then you have more time to focus on what really matters: serving your clients.

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Technology • November 16, 2011

Mobile Lawyering: Loose Lips Sink Ships

By David Gulbransen

Setting up your own VPN has the advantage of being yours, including tweaking performance for your needs, not to mention, there are some outstanding free, open-source options.

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Technology • October 19, 2011

Raining on the Cloud Parade

By David Gulbransen

The two biggest “gotchas” lurking out there are data failure and security. Sometimes a failure of security can lead to a failure of data.

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Technology • October 05, 2011

Paperless Practice? You *do* have a backup plan, right?

By David Gulbransen

If you are going to go paperless for all, or even just a portion of your practice, you need to give serious consideration to backing up your firm and client data and implement a solid backup plan. And that means going beyond the cloud.

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Reference Library • August 26, 2011

Notes for a Law Lecture

By David Gulbransen

Notes for a Law Lecture cemented the approach I take when advising clients on matters.

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Featured • August 15, 2011

Dead2Me: The ABA

By David Gulbransen

I would have thought that many of my needs from a professional organization—especially as a solo practitioner—would be well served by the large membership base of a national organization. I thought wrong.

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Marketing • June 17, 2011

Social, But Not Media

By David Gulbransen

By far, I find the most valuable networking events for me are at my local bar associations.

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